diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 086b6bacbad1..18e014fa0648 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -366,9 +366,6 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (fanotify_is_perm_event(event->mask))
 		FANOTIFY_PERM(event)->fd = fd;
 
-	if (f)
-		fd_install(fd, f);
-
 	/* Event info records order is: dir fid + name, child fid */
 	if (fanotify_event_dir_fh_len(event)) {
 		info_type = info->name_len ? FAN_EVENT_INFO_TYPE_DFID_NAME :
@@ -432,6 +429,9 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		count -= ret;
 	}
 
+	if (f)
+		fd_install(fd, f);
+
 	return metadata.event_len;
 
 out_close_fd: